Category: History
Martha Schofield, Program
Friend Harold Finnegan of Darby Meeting in Pennsylvania has prepared a program about Martha Schofield, an ardent abolitionist and suffragist from PA who moved to Aiken and founded Schofield School during…
Quaker Historical Resources
This is a compilation of resources readily available for those researching Quaker genealogy and history.
A Brief History of Columbia Friends Meeting
Quakers were a significant group in the population of the Carolinas from the late 1600s through the 1700s, and an early governor of the Carolinas was a Quaker. A number…
Wateree Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
This meeting was laid down (disbanded) many years ago, but is of historic significance. Camden, South Carolina was the sight of the Wateree Meeting and has a Quaker cemetery. A…
Hurl Rock Park
John and William Bertram were early travelers in the Southeast and in South Carolina. They named Hurl Rock, where Hurl Rock Park is now located on 21st Avenue South at…